AHA Released a Guide For Boards Of Health Care Organizations To Identify Ways To Address Health Care Equity

Also in January, AHA released a guide for boards of health care organizations to identify ways to address health care equity. Among its recommendations are accountability; boards must hold themselves and their executives accountable for prioritizing health care equity and ensuring that it becomes integral to the organization’s culture. Ensuring diversity in the board’s composition and connecting with members of the community and responding to their concerns and needs are also key. Additionally, in an era of spiraling health care costs, AHA recommends that boards champion financial resiliency and long-term investments in their communities besieged with health care inequities.